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EmE r g E n c y ma n a g E m E n t In s t I t u t E • 2010-2011 • ca t a l o g of co u r s E s
Selection Criteria: The primary audience for this training is
individuals who have public information responsibilities
as their main job or as an auxiliary function at the State,
local, or Tribal levels of government.
Prerequisites:
Recommended: G289, Public Information Officer (PIO)
Awareness Training.
Course Length: 2-day classroom
Joint Information system/center planning
for tribal, state, and local public
Information Officers (pIOs) (g291)
The purpose of this course is to build on the solo PIO
competencies gained in the Basic Public Information Officer
(PIO) (G290) course to applying those skills in an
expanding incident where coordination is enhanced
through the establishment of a Joint Information
System (JIS)/Joint Information Center (JIC).
This training will equip PIOs with the skills needed
to establish and operate in a JIS/JIC. Participants
will also gain a working knowledge of operational
practices for performing PIO duties within the
NIMS multiagency coordination system. The course
will demonstrate how JIC concepts are applied in a
flexible and scalable manner at the local levels.
Selection Criteria: The primary audience for this training is
individuals who have public information responsibilities
as their main job or as an auxiliary function primarily
at State, local, or Tribal levels of government.
Prerequisites:
Recommended: This training is designed on the
assumption that participants will have completed
the following courses: G289, Public Information
Officer (PIO) Awareness Training, and G290, Basic Public
Information Officer (PIO).
Course Length: 1-day classroom
FEd E r A L Em E r g E N C y mA N A g E m E N T Ag E N C y 102
fEma/federal partners courses
Every year natural disasters cause hundreds of deaths,
displace thousands, and cause more than $50 billion
in damages. Some of these disasters are of a magnitude
that the President determines Federal assistance is
warranted. When this occurs, FEMA provides disaster
assistance for individuals and their communities as
directed under its statutory authority, the Robert T.
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act.
To carry out the provisions of the Stafford Act and
the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act
(PKEMRA) of 2006 requires FEMA to maintain a welltrained
disaster workforce. The workforce must be
capable of performing their jobs in a unified effort
to accomplish a shared mission that involves other
Federal agencies; local, State, and Tribal governments;
voluntary agencies; and the private sector. The FEMA
Disaster Workforce is comprised of Permanent Full-
Time (PFT) employees with collateral disaster duties,
Cadre of On-call Response Employees (CORE), and
intermittent Disaster Reservists. The work is performed
at FEMA’s Joint Field Offices (JFOs), Regional Response
Coordination Centers (RRCCs), National Response
Coordination Center (NRCC), and other sites that
support disaster response and recovery operations.
To build the capabilities of FEMA’s Disaster Workforce,
EMI offers a robust curriculum of disaster operations
and recovery training. This training is aligned to the
various positions within FEMA’s 23 disaster cadres. The
courses focus on tactics, techniques, and procedures that
are required to carry out programmatic and functional
responsibilities. They also provide participants the
opportunity to hone the skills required for interagency
and intergovernmental planning and operations.
Included in the curriculum are courses on the Public
Assistance Program, Individual Assistance Program,
Operations including Mission Assignments, Logistics,
Planning, Safety, Security, External Affairs, and Finance
Administration. The courses are offered in residence,
at the FEMA Regional Offices, and at various locations
set up in support of disaster operations. Only those
who meet the required prerequisites and selection
criteria are eligible to attend the training.